A group going by the name Greek Security Team, or GST, claimed
responsibility for the defacement of one of the LHC sites.

The hackers, who stated that they had not intended to cause any further
damage to the historic experiment, posted a message in Greece warning
on security flaws, reported the Times and the Daily Telegraph.

Hackers ended the long message that temporarily replaced the CERN site
with the line: "We are 2600 - dont [sic] mess with us," the newspaper
said. It was a defacement, and thats all it was, said Gillies today.
"It was benign, but it reminds us that we need to be vigilant," he
said. "And no harm was done to the experiment or its computer network."
No additional files, malicious or otherwise, had been injected into the
projects computers, he said. CERN brought the site back up but has
blocked public access. Instead, only CERN users can reach the revived
site.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said early Monday that it will file for
bankruptcy, while the Bank of America announced that it will buy out
Merrill Lynch. The failure of one of Wall Streets oldest firms came as
the fallout from the U.S. housing collapse and global credit crunch
intensified more than a year after problems first surfaced. The company
said its board approved the bankruptcy filing "in order to protect its
assets and maximize value." Lehman said it would file motions Monday to
allow it to continue operating and pay its employees during the
bankruptcy reorganization. The Bank sufferred 3.9 billion dollar losses
in the third trimester of 2008. Its bankruptcy resulted from its
inability to find a buyer or strategic investor, after Barclays Bank
reported it was not interested Sunday. Meanwhile, the Bank of America
has announced today it will buy out Merrill Lynch for 50 billion
dollars. The buy-out is expected to be approved by the boards of the
two groups and then by its shareholders, so that it concludes in the
first trimester of 2009.

At least 21 people have been killed in a stampede in eastern Java,
Indonesia today during the distribution of tithe, an Islamic practice
of giving away gifts during Ramadan, Antara newsagency reported.
According to the police, the stampede started as thousands of people
jostled at the venue of the distribution ceremony in Pasuruan regency.

Twenty-one people have been killed and 10 hospitalized after they were
trampled upon, a police officer said.

on Monday in a third day of heavy fighting with security forces in the
Niger Delta region

Sources: ÁNA-ÌPA, Reuters

Nigerian militants attacked a Royal Dutch Shell-operated oil
installation on Monday in a third day of heavy fighting with security
forces in the Niger Delta region. The Movement for the Emancipation of
the Niger Delta declared an "oil war" on Sunday and warned all oil
workers to evacuate the delta immediately, threatening to further
disrupt production in the worlds eighth largest oil exporter. "MEND
reiterates its previous warnings to all oil workers in the entire Niger
Delta region to evacuate from oil facilities and halt production with
immediate effect or they will have themselves to blame," MEND said in
an e-mailed statement. Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, spokesman for
the military task force in Rivers state, said militants in about 10
speedboats attacked the flow station at Alakiri in Rivers state. He
also reported that the attack lasted for over an hour, stressing that
the attackers sustained heavy losses, while the army suffered no
losses.

Alitalias biggest unions clinched a framework agreement on Monday meant
to save Italys largest airline from liquidation. Four out of the nine
unions accepted the agreement. From now on Alitalias manpower will be
12,500, 1,550 of which will be pilots, 3,300 air hostesses, 7,650
technicians, employees and administrative staff, reported ANSA. "Its a
first, important step," said Raffaele Bonanni of the CISL union. But
it was not clear if Alitalias other five unions would agree to the deal
being negotiated by their peers. Talks on tricky issues like salary
cuts were set to resume at 11 a.m. (0900 GMT), with no guarantee of
success.

At least one man was killed and 28 injured when a vessel carrying 96
people and 75 vehicles sank in the Sea of Marmara in north-western
Turkey Sunday. 26 people have been reported missing. The vessel
probably sank due to faulty loading or after some of its cargo moved to
one side, reports said. In parallel, many drivers said that the ferry
was overloaded. The ferry leaned to one side and then went down some 15
minutes after leaving the port at 11:30 p.m. local time, authorities
said.